Typically, if my partner doesn't see the spider ... black widow's. “Anybody who says they saw a black widow in a place like Seattle or Anchorage or Maine where they don't exist saw a false ...

The false widow spiders (Steatoda spp.) form a group of species that, because of their general resemblance to the much more notorious black widow spiders (Latrodectus spp.), can cause concern when ...

The brown widow spider is considered one of the least dangerous. There are other, similar types of spiders not belonging to the same genus, such as the noble false widow and the false black widow.

False widow spider bites have been a hot topic in recent years, along with reports of bumper crops of house and garden spiders, and news that city spiders are getting fatter. Warm weather contributes ...

A woman has undergone surgery after being left seriously ill when she was bitten by a spider hidden on a cushion. Louise Edwards, 49, was bitten by the arachnid, thought to be a false widow spider ...

What was it like working in the Spider House? It’s kind of how I imagined ... opener to see the mating behaviour of the false widow spider. For me, my favourite species has got to be the diving ...

Although extremely rare, spider ... false widow, the tube web, woodlouse spider, cardinal spider, the walnut orb-weaver Spider, wasp spider, black lace-weaver, the cross spider, the giant house ...

False widows are the most dangerous spider species in the UK A seventh east London school has closed because of an infestation of false widow spiders. Eastlea Community School in Canning Town ...

The noble false widow is one of these and its venom is 230 times more toxic than other native spiders. Official NHS data shows that almost 100 people were hospitalised with suspected spider bites ...